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Better schools, better teachers, better resultsby Vic Zbar; Graham Marshall; Paul Power
Australian Council for Educational Research 2007; US$ 39.95Performance management is an essential element of any school's strategy to build and maintain a strong and vibrant professional culture that supports high quality teaching and high quality learning. Better Schools, Better Teachers, Better Results specifi cally examines the how of performance management in schools. more...
Letters to a Young Teacherby Jonathan Kozol
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 13.99In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca’s likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools. Letters to a Young Teacher reignites a numberof the controversial issues Jonathan has powerfully addressed in recent years: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated... more...
Achieving Your Doctorate in Educationby H Burgess; S Sieminski; L Arthur
Sage Publications Ltd. 2006; US$ 48.00This book is designed to help students to achieve an understanding of the practical and theoretical issues involved in a doctorate in education, and how to link their studies with their professional experience. The chapters provide a detailed examination of all aspects of completing a doctorate in education: from research methodologies, to the analysis of data, reflection on the student's own experience, and the critical issues involved in writing a thesis. Detailed case study material is used throughout. The editors are experienced supervisors of EdD courses and have created an essential companion for all education students pursuing a doctorate. more...
How to Do Your Research Projectby Gary Thomas
Sage Publications Ltd. 2009; US$ 41.00Are you doing a research project? Do you need advice on how to carry out research? With many practical examples, How to do a Research Project takes you through what should happen at each phase in the project's schedule. Gary Thomas explains the main design frames and methods of data collection and analysis used in education and social science research, and he provides down to earth advice on how to weave these elements together into a coherent whole. more...
The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Careerby John A. Goldsmith; John Komlos; Penny Schine Gold
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 14.00Is a career as a professor the right choice for you? If you are a graduate student, how can you clear the hurdles successfully and position yourself for academic employment? What's the best way to prepare for a job interview, and how can you maximize your chances of landing a job that suits you? What happens if you don't receive an offer? How does the tenure process work, and how do faculty members cope with the multiple and conflicting day-to-day demands? With a perpetually tight job market in the traditional academic fields, the road to an academic career for many aspiring scholars will often be a rocky and frustrating one. Where can they turn for good, frank answers to their questions? Here, three distinguished scholars—with more... more...
Managing Your Academic Careerby D. Royce Sadler
Allen & Unwin 1999; US$ 27.22This text provides advice and information for academics across disciplines, including: how to establish networks; how to assess your prospects for promotion; how to climb out of a teaching rut; how to develop a theme for your journal publication; and how to convert your thesis into a book. more...
Moving On in Your Careerby Barbara Graham; Lynda Ali
RoutledgeFalmer 2000; US$ 68.95Shows what is required to make a continuing career in academic research and gives advice on taking alternative career paths. The authors provide advice on sources of advertised and unadvertised vacancies as well as practical search skills. more...
Developing A Leadership Role Within The Key Stage 2by Mike Harrison
RoutledgeFalmer 1995; US$ 47.95This text contains the latest curriculum and assessment changes. It aims to help students and newly qualified teachers to understand the complexities of being a co-ordinator of a National Curriculum subject in Key Stage 2 and reports on best practice. more...
Starting to Teach in the Secondary Schoolby Susan Capel; Marilyn Leask; Tony Turner
RoutledgeFalmer 1996; US$ 44.95More than 70 per cent of newly qualified secondary teachers feel that their initial teacher training courses have not prepared them for all aspects of their role. This book tackles the issues which new teachers find difficult. more...
INSET For NQTsby Neil Kitson
RoutledgeFalmer 2000; US$ 97.95An independent-study workbook designed for newly qualified teachers containing a range of activities. The materials can be used throughout the first and/or second years of teaching. more...









